Month: September 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, shortly after he arrived in Israel to discuss diplomacy in the region and the war in Gaza. Netanyahu touted the enduring alliance between their two countries, even as Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in…
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Rep. Sarah Elfreth (D-Md.) said Sunday the U.S. “is at a boiling point,” a comment that came in the wake of the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “We’re certainly at a crossroads in this nation as a community and as a country, and the political violence we saw this week with Charlie Kirk is…
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University has sparked fresh conversations about the security of speakers on campuses and what can be done to improve it as conservatives vow the incident will not scare them from universities.  Both campus and Kirk’s private security were present at Wednesday’s debate event, but experts say completely…
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Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday that “just believing differently than some other American is not illegal” in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. “I’m a conservative Republican. I have Democratic friends that think very differently, vote very differently, but they’re still my friend on it. So, just having that ideology, just believing…
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told NBC News’ Kristen Welker on Sunday that while the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s slaying came from a conservative-leaning household, “his ideology was very different than his family.” The alleged gunman, Tyler Robinson, was taken into custody by the FBI late Thursday evening. Robinson, 22, implicated himself in the shooting to…
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed that left-leaning people were “celebrating” conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death “openly.” “And then you see how much violence there’s on the left, with our friend Charlie Kirk getting murdered in cold blood this week, and people on the left celebrating it openly,” Musk said. “The left is the party of…
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President Trump was meeting with architects about plans for a White House ballroom when staff interrupted to inform him that Charlie Kirk, the prominent conservative activist, had been killed. “I didn’t know what they meant. I said, ‘What do you mean, dead?’” Trump recounted Friday, two days after the shooting. “‘Charlie Kirk was shot.’ They thought…
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New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Friday said President Trump and his surrounding staff are “struggling” after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “So many people around President Trump are very close to Charlie Kirk. President Trump was very close to Charlie Kirk. And President Trump faced two assassination attempts, one…
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President Trump, in a Saturday interview, said he hopes the nation heals after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but blamed the “radical left” for being an obstacle in that healing. “I’d like to see it [the nation] heal,” the president said in a brief telephone interview with NBC News. “But we’re dealing with a…
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Comedian Bill Maher on Friday said both political parties need to tone down the political temperature after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. “The only way this starts to get better is if both sides admit, ‘Okay, let’s not have this debate about who started it. Let’s not debate about who’s worse because, plainly, both…
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The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week in Utah has rocked the nation.  On Wednesday, Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, when he was shot and killed. After a manhunt, that involved local, state and federal law enforcement, authorities identified…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday condemned the presence of Russian drones in Romanian territory. The Kremlin’s air surveillance in Ukraine has persisted while unmanned aircrafts have been reported in neighboring nations this week. “The Russian military knows exactly where their drones are headed and how long they can operate in the air. Their routes…
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The president blamed “the radical left” in an Oval Office address on Wednesday, mere hours after the conservative activist was killed.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) upped his critiques of President Trump over his handling of the Russia-Ukraine war, claiming he will be “judged in the history books” over it.  “‘It is [former President] Biden’s and [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy’s war’ is so morally blind and factually wrong,” Bacon said in a Saturday morning post on social…
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“The solution to political disagreement in America is never violence. It should be easy for everybody to say that.”

Patel now approaches congressional oversight hearings this coming week facing not just questions about that investigation but broader doubts about whether he can stabilize the FBI.

President Trump reupped his call for NATO members to stop buying Russian oil amid a wider sanctions push in hopes of forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the war in Ukraine.  The president said Saturday morning he is “ready” to impose “major” sanctions on Russia when other NATO nations do the same — and…
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(NEXSTAR) – For the millions of Americans expecting a check from the $725 million Facebook privacy settlement, the wait is nearly over. The distribution of payments has officially begun, the company in charge of sending them has confirmed, and will continue in batches for about 10 weeks. How do you know when it’s your turn?…
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President Trump met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Friday, days after Israel struck Doha in hopes of killing Hamas leaders.  The White House confirmed the two leaders had dinner late Friday in New York, but did not offer further details. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff was also attended the dinner. “Great…
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NATO member Turkey has been the third largest buyer of Russian oil, after China and India, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

If you’ve lost track of where the country’s TikTok saga stands, you’re not alone. Congress passed a law last year requiring the Chinese-owned platform to either be sold to an American company or face a U.S. ban. The Supreme Court upheld the law. You’d think that would settle things. But instead of finality, we keep…
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A forensic handwriting examiner offers their tips on evaluating signatures amid allegations that the president signed a 2003 birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein.

City dwellers (like those in Chicago) are just as American as those who reside in more rural areas. Here’s why conservative politicians trash-talk them.

Charlie Kirk’s widow on Friday said she will work to preserve the legacy of the conservative activist and carry on the mission of Turning Point USA. “To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die. It won’t. I refuse to let that happen. It will not die,” Erika Kirk said in…
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With inflation rising and hiring slowing, a dreaded word is back in the conversation: “stagflation.” Widely seen as a nightmare economic scenario, it’s the rare double blow of rising prices and weak growth, squeezing consumers at the checkout line and in the job market. “The whiff of stagflation is getting stronger,” Harvard economics professor Jason…
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